As I plan for the 2011 gardening season I’m looking through my notes and photos from the previous season and remembering those plants that performed...
Fornari’s Favorites – 2010
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The Too Large Rhododendron
When speaking to a live audience, or hosting GardenLine on WXTK, I frequently get into conversations that go like this: Caller: “I’m wondering if I...
Landscape Local 5-10-5
This manifesto was found slipped under my potting shed door… Landscape Local 5-10-5 Although we plants are well aware of the efforts from certain...
Why Doesn’t my Blue Hydrangea Bloom?
This is the question I hear from frustrated gardeners all over the country. Endless Summer and other repeat-flowering Hydrangeas were supposed to...
Garlic Makes it Good!
A few years ago I got so many calls about hydrangeas on GardenLine that my friend remarked that we should rename the program HydrangeaLine. Now...
Turning Black Thumbs Green
Turning Black Thumbs Green Many people have told me that they can’t grow plants, saying, “I have a black thumb.” These folks may think that the...